Bug#907829: p4est: FTBFS on single CPU machines

[Santiago Vila]

> building != running
> 
> And I am getting really annoyed of your double standard regarding
> build requirements.

We have to put things in perspective before claiming double-standards.

> If a package cannot be built on a single-core machine with 256 MB RAM 
> due to the number of CPUs, you claim this would be an enormous problem 
> equal to dropping support for running Debian on that machine.

Because I can build approximately 99.99% of all Debian packages with a
single-core machine.

There needs to be a *very* powerful reason for a package to "need"
more than one CPU, and so far I have never found a package which
"legitimately" needs more than one CPU.

I have yet to see a case where more than one CPU is actually *required*.

> But if a package cannot be built on a single-core machine with
> 256 MB RAM due to the amount of RAM, this is apparently fine for you.

Because only 40% - 50% of Debian packages may be built with such
amount of memory, and also, because if a package is not buildable with
a given amount of memory, it's usually not the package's fault, but
a real requirement from gcc.

> The result is the same in both cases - a machine supported by Debian 
> cannot build a package.

Except that in one case we have a bug and we both agree that it's a
bug, and in the other case it is not a bug and we both agree that it's
not a bug.

I don't see what double standards you refer here. Why should I be
equally upset for something which is a bug and has an easy fix and for
something which is not a bug and it does not have any easy fix at all?

Thanks.